A pedigree dog, crowned the world’s ugliest pooch, has died at the grand old age of 17.
Miss Ellie was a wiggly-eyed Chinese Crested Hairless mutt with a drooping tongue and a scruffy mass of sprouting grey hair. She was also a keen charity fundraiser according to Asheville Citizen-Times, which first reported the dog’s sad …

Urghhhh

@That's not an ugly dog.... *this* is an ugly dog.

That is Sam, and he's been dead for a while too. He used to be the holder of the title. Miss Ellie is not so bad. Specially after seeing Sam: http://www.samugliestdog.com

Anyway, Chinese Crested Hairless dogs are well poised to keep the title. When young, they are fine and cute, and I knew one who had a great personality too. But when they get old... The same mutation that makes them hairless affects the development of their teeth, so that does not help in the looks department.